NameTides

Kellen

Kellen was the #1,069 boys' name in the US in 2025 (202 babies).

Kellen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kellen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020US
Kellen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,069 (202)———
2024#1,031 (216)——#2,062 (9)
2023#919 (251)——#2,123 (8)
2022#830 (299)#2,756 (7)—#1,483 (13)
2021#863 (271)——#1,898 (9)
2020#796 (291)——#1,708 (10)
2019#769 (308)#4,702 (3)—#1,256 (16)
2018#696 (347)#4,749 (3)—#1,471 (12)
2017#622 (420)#2,512 (8)—#1,623 (11)
2016#611 (440)#3,079 (6)—#1,159 (18)
2015#506 (569)#2,319 (9)—#978 (22)
2014#444 (672)#2,248 (9)—#1,062 (19)
2013#394 (759)#3,822 (4)—#920 (24)
2012#337 (932)#3,039 (6)—#885 (25)
2011#344 (880)#3,300 (5)—#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #337.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Kellen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kellen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #829MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Kellen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KellenCanadaBoys—too few
KellenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KellenEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KellenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KellenScotlandBoys—too few
KellenUSGirls#14,9425
KellenUSBoys#1,069202